Transbronchial fine needle aspiration biopsy and rapid on-site evaluation in the setting of superior vena cava syndrome

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 324-329

  Brundyn, K ^a   Koegelenberg, C F N ^b   Diacon, A H ^b   Louw, M ^a   Schubert, P ^a   Bolliger, C T ^b   Van Den Heuvel, M M ^b   Wright, C A ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

bronchogenic carcinoma; rapid on site evaluation; superior vena cava syndrome; transbronchial fine needle aspiration biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; RAPID ON SITE EVALUATION; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN SYNDROME; THORAX TUMOR; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CELL NUCLEUS; EVALUATION STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NUCLEAR SHAPE; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA; SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SYNDROME;

AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS SHAPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA; SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SYNDROME;

EID: 84876468432     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.21857     Document Type: Article

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